A Wonderful Life

By: SomeRandomPerson648

Chapter 23: Burning History

A/N: Hey Guys! So this chapter is another addition to the arc, but it also will feature something about Cell that I'm sure no one could have expected, as well as a few important interactions. Anyway here is Chapter 23! Enjoy


Cell and the group flew quickly towards the next machine, no longer stopping for every city they crossed, to 21 and souls' increasing frustration. As they flew Cell was able to quickly teach a few simple tricks and techniques to 21, like the Solar Flare, the Galick Gun, and the Kamehameha. They were quite simple, but each warranted their own method of use that only Cell and a few others knew. His lectures and detailed explanations of the moves even interested the other members of the party, all of which too learned the attacks secondhand

When the group reached the area that held the machine, there was a surprising amount of drones surrounding a random patch of air. Although it appeared to be empty air, Cell could see that it was a cloaked building, mainly because the cloaking seemed slightly discolored for Cell's sharp eyes.

"We've arrived." 14 stated as the group stopped some ways ahead of the cluster of drones. They were barely half as many as before, and they all floated around as if in search of invaders

"We should finish them before that power nearby gets to us during the battle." Cell said as he was the only one to note a very familiar power resting near the forest that surrounded them, either unconscious or stalking the drones ahead as well

"Alright, 21, clear yourself a way inside the building and begin deactivating the machine. 14 and 15 will assist." Cell ordered as they nodded. "Everyone else will distract and destroy the drones. Am I clear?" Cell asked as everyone nodded once more. Even though 21 was technically the one in charge, Cell was better at issuing strategies in battle

Immediately, 21, 14 and 15 dashed through a thin wall of drones, destroying only one while the others were knocked away. This was followed by Cell appearing behind the group and blasting as many drones as he could while he flew upwards to call attention

14 and 15 seemed to search the air for a few seconds, scanning the air before they finally found what they were looking for

"Here." 14 said as he punched the air. The punch seemed to break an invisible panel of glass, revealing the inside of a building through the broken glass while everything else remained cloaked to the environment around

"Let's go!" 21 said as she flew into the open space, followed by the two other Androids

As 21, 14 and 15 searched for the room that held the power restrictive machine, the rest of the group attracted the attention of all the nearby drones and attacked them head on

Cell was by himself, showering a group of drones in sharp ki blasts. The blasts went through the drones, occasionally ripping apart a limb or detaching it and only a few of the drones immediately exploded as Cell hit their power cores in the. By the end of the assault every drone had missing limbs and holes that filled their body, however they then continued to fly after Cell, uncaring and persistent as always

"How strenuous." Cell said aloud as he created a small red ball of ki that shot towards the middle of the group of drones. Once it reached the middle it exploded, putting the weakened drones out of commission by destroying their exposed core whilst knocking all the others back

But the Bio-Android was taken by surprise as a Semi-Perfect Cell drone launched towards Cell and punched his jaw, sending him recoiling back a few feet as he gripped his dislocated jaw, forcing it back into place

"Is that what the form looks like? How hideous." He commented as he was quickly surrounded by drones. Rather than continue fighting in the plain skies, he flew into the forest of trees, sustaining fire from the large group as they shot countless energy attacks to chase after him

Meanwhile, Turles, Zangya and 13 grouped together as they took on a separate group of drones. Turles was a sort of beacon that called the attention of the drones as Zangya and 13 would intercept the drones and take them down. For one reason or another, the drones especially targeted Saiyans

Turles soon had trouble as he was surrounded by three drones. He dodged and weaved as best he could and he would occasionally punch away a drone, but the pressure of three fighters in all directions was overwhelming. 13 eventually came in to help out as he grabbed one drone by the neck and ripped off its head. He then brought his hand to the empty space he created and shot a ki blast down its body, blowing it up

Zangya followed by viciously kicking a drone repeated before releasing a pink blast that melted away at its skin and metal long enough to reach its core, destroying it as well

Turles regained his stance as he kicked the remaining drone's hand away and then punched a hole clean through the robot's chest with enough force that his hand pierced through it's body, holding the core in the open air. The drone clone of Frieza in his first form floated still before it's eyes went dead and it hung limp

"Bastard." Turles thought as he threw the body away and crushed the heart of the robot in his hands before tossing it away cathartically

The trio looked off into the distance to see Cell finish off the rest of the drones by blasting one to pieces with a Death Beam. Their one weakness, Cell came to find out, were attacks that carried a strong concentration of force, easily piercing through them. But they would remain active so long as their cores remained functional

Cell flew towards the group once he finished, now relatively tired. "You should get inside, there's a very strong power level around here." Cell warned as everyone else nodded. The group then flew towards the broken window and entered the building as Cell simply crossed his arms calmly, awaiting the snake in the grass to strike him first

A few seconds later there was a slow clapping noise that echoed through the empty forest. It was ominous, and it was heard loud and clear by Cell. Slowly, a familiar figure rose from the section of forest in front of Cell, smirking as he clapped slowly

"So...you must be the famed counterpart of mine in this timeline...I must say, it's a pleasure to meet you...Cell." Perfect Cell from the future said as the Cell of the present smirked. There was only one being other than himself that was a mixture of various fighters, and that was himself

"Oh no, the pleasure is all mine. I'm glad to finally see the variation of me that came before myself." Cell said as the two chuckled

"I saw what you've done from Hell. I'm very glad that we were able to complete our objective." Future Cell said. "Gero was especially happy beforehand, a shame you couldn't meet him."

"Yes, a real shame." Cell said sarcastically. "But It was simple, you just have to seize the moment when it comes." He said in a slight mocking tone as Future Cell chuckled

"By the way. What is it like in hell?"

"Oh don't get me started! It's small, hot, and utterly boring." Future Cell waved off the question. "And might I ask, what are you going to do next? I saw that you were helping the Dr.'s Ex wife before you revived us and quite frankly I'm surprised you even bothered, I know I wouldn't."

Cell only shrugged at the question, not only did he not have an answer, but he wasn't going to tell the likes of him

"I have no plans for the future. But currently I'm assisting 21 in saving the planet." He put simply as Future Cell looked very confused, before he broke down laughing

"Assist? Save the planet?! You must be joking! How could a successful variant of me be brought down to become some low life minion. And to save a planet no less! I wouldn't be caught dead being anyone's pet!" He laughed as Cell only smirked

"Because being in power is so boring. Destruction is not all what it's cracked out to be. But I don't see how a failed variant of me could understand something so simple. After all, it was you that failed in killing the Dragon team seven years ago. I am but your successor." He mocked as Future Cell frown in more disappointment than anger

"I really am surprised. It seems that you have a few screws loose. I should knock them back for you." He threatened in a cocky tone. Just then, he dashed forward to punch the off guard Cell. However, just as Future Cell was about to punch his counterpart with his right fist, Cell simply lifted up his left hand and grabbed the fist with a powerful grip, almost crushing it

Future Cell looked almost shocked. He attempted to punch with his free arm, only to have it restrained as well

"You think that YOU have the power to win? Unlike you, I SUFFERED for this power!" Cell stated furiously before he kicked his future counterpart in the chest, cracking the exoskeleton armor easily

"You're in our way. Now die."


Bulma and the group were nearing the location of Future Trunks, now surrounded by a gizzard wasteland. Goten and Kid Trunks had awoken some time earlier, and were filled in on everything by the women

"Oh! I get it! We're going around beating up bad guys!" Trunks said enthusiastically, long since forgetting the painful and traumatic death he experienced less than a few hours ago. This adventuring stuff was a lot more entertaining than waiting in OtherWorld all day

"Like Super Heroes!!" Goten exclaimed as the two began to talk about the most random of topics, primarily the strange people they got to see in OtherWorld

"Yeah...something like that." Prestina said to herself

"How are they able to remain so positive? It's really a wonder with them." Was the general thought that went through everyone's mind. Really anyone who died would at least be a little shaken, but past the initial scare the boys have breezed through the traumatic experience. Then again, they've already experienced the most frightening part of it, the rest was just living with it

"Hey guys! Get ready because we're close, and Trunks is under attack!" Bulma exclaimed as Kid Trunks looked at her oddly

"Oh don't give me that right now!!"She yelled as Kid Trunks chuckled to himself, still finding childish humor amongst it all

After a few seconds the ship suddenly stopped on a mountainous territory. On a rocky cliff stood Future Trunks, who seemed out of breath and in his Super Saiyan 2 form. He was surrounded on all sides by four drones. One looked like Imperfect Cell, one like Ginyu, one like skinny Buu, and the last looked like Frieza in his third form

"Hah!!" Trunks yelled as he dashed towards the Cell drone in front of him, who blocked the punch with his arm. The Ginyu drone at his side then dashed to slam his elbow onto Trunks' back, putting him to the ground once again

Just then the Buu drone looked up to see Prestina and Chocolata dash towards the group. He dashed after one of the sisters in the return, acting differently from the other drones, almost erratically as it slam its arm into Chocolata's arm in a fierce clash

Just as Prestina was about to attack the Buu drone, the Frieza drone suddenly punched her gut, sending her many feet away

"That's disgusting!" Prestina exclaimed as she eyed Frieza's form, so lizard like. She then dashed after it to attack

As the Cell and Ginyu drone watched over Future Trunks' defeated body, Goten and Kid Trunks snuck up behind the two

"Prepare Evil doer!!!" Goten yelled stupidly as both drones turned to look at the boys

"Yeah! Get ready! Cause we're gonna send you to hell! I can tell you that it's not pretty! I think!" Trunks joked as he became a Super Saiyan and dashed after the Ginyu drone in an obvious attack

The Ginyu drone simply moved to the side, and then kicking the child in the gut. The attack sent Trunks upwards as he stopped his ascent while still facing the ground

"Hey!! No fair! You're supposed to take that!" He said as the Ginyu drone flew up and nearly punched Trunks' face, but the Hybrid flew out of the way as the drone chased after him

The Cell drone immediately dashed after Goten, who was immediately put on the defensive as he jumped around

"*huff* *huff* *huff* I'm not done yet!!" Future Trunks exclaimed as he dashed behind the Cell drone and kicked his back and punched it drone away from Goten

"Hey! You're not dead!" Goten exclaimed innocently as Future Trunks smiled rather curious

"Yeah, and I'll try not to get there again." He joked as he suddenly lost his Super Saiyan 2 form from his fatigue, and was now a normal Super Saiyan. He'd been getting kicked around for so long that he was on his last legs already

"Let's end this quickly." Future Trunks declared as he dashed after the Cell drone, with Goten in tow

Meanwhile Chocolata had trouble with the Buu drone as it attacked almost randomly and with joy, smirking and chuckling evilly as it played around with Chocolata. This drone in particular displayed lots of personality compared to the other ones

Chocolata finally managed to punch the Buu drone away, landing a solid right hook that forced it to recoil in pain. She then dashed forward and used her blade to cut off Buu's head surprisingly quickly

"Take that!" She exclaimed as the head fell into the drone's arms

Unexpectedly, the head smiled back, and the torso placed the head back over it's original spot as the synthetic skin melted together to regenerate the head back into place. This greatly surprised Chocolata, who assumed that the drones were just physically similar to their copies, not actually the same. But she also realized one small detail...

Chocolata dashed again as she slashed after the chest, only for the chest to tighten and get skinnier, making Chocolata miss her blade as it passed through a cartoonish hole in chest. Instead, inside Buu's mouth was the glowing red core, taunting her

Chocolata attempted to slash the core, only for Buu to move out of the way as his body then normalized, giving the drone the opportunity to land a powerful gut punch that left Chocolata wide open for another kick to the head

Prestina was having less trouble than her sister, but struggled nonetheless as the Frieza drone relative size left it towering over the Majin

The drone attempted to dash backwards and launch a powerful kick to Prestina's gut, but the slow movements allowed for Prestina to move out of the way and grab the drone's leg, swinging the drone around many times before finally throwing the drone towards the ground

Yet unexpectedly, a strange and mysterious purple ball of ki was launched after the Frieza drone, sending it flying away with melted skin

"Ginyu Force!! Moving out!!!" The great Captain Ginyu exclaimed in the far distance as he posed. The rest of his crew appeared as well, each making their signature pose alongside their beloved captain

Recoome and Guldo attacked the Cell drone. Recoome crashed his head into the drone as Guldo launched a sharp icicle at it, piercing it's stomach. Future Trunks proceeded to destroy the drone by blowing up the ice shard, causing the core to blow up as well

Meanwhile the Ginyu drone was still chasing Kid Trunks, but it was kicked away by none other than Ginyu himself

"You bots don't know the first thing to fighting! I'll have to show you a few things!" He yelled as he dashed after the imposter of a Ginyu. He brutally assaulted the fake Ginyu with a quick string of flashy and flamboyant punches, managing to pose between each as to make a show of it all

Jeice joined in at last by punching the robot a few times before kicking him away. Both Captain and team member posed together for their combined special attack

"Milky Cannon!/Crusher Ball!" The two yelled as they launched their colored attacks towards the drone. However, the attacks failed to explode and destroy the drone, and instead pushed back the drone as it struggled with the two energy balls

"Buster Canon!" Kid Trunks yelled as he shot two beams from the fake's back. The beam reacted with the two colored balls of ki, causing them to explode violently and obliterating the once drone

Once the dust settled, the Kid Trunks flew forward to meet the Ginyu Force soldiers. He's heard the occasional story from his dad and a few others, but to see them in person was a rare opportunity

"You got guts kid." Ginyu complimented proudly as Trunks smirked

"Thanks, you guys did pretty well yourselves!"

"Oye, is the little one getting cocky? Just cause he can glow like his father?" Jeice added, making Trunks a little nervous. They know he's Vegeta's son?

"I think he is Jeice. Maybe we'll have to show him the true might of the Ginyu Force."

"A-actually I take that back, you were cool uuuh, sir!" Trunks panicked, doing a quick salute before he flew off

In the distance, Chocolata struggled to put down the Buu droid. A blue figure flew into the scene faster than she could blink

"You are about to witness the fastest speed in the universe!!" Burter boasted as he dashed after the Buu drone from behind

Burter viciously assaulted the Buu drone by quickly flying around and kicking the drone in every part of it's body, landing near untraceable blows that even the drone struggled with. After more and more blows met their marks a critical shot to the stomach caused the drone to throw up his core from the inside, flying after Chocolata

The Majin caught the core and watched as the drone seemed to melt away and slowly float towards the core like a weak magnet before she stabbed it with her ki sword. The goo-like body of the drone seemed to harden and eventually fall to the ground like a brick

"This can't be good." Chocolata thought to herself as he looked at the remains of the Buu drone. During her fight she noticed that the drone was unique, instead of having an artificial ki source it felt as if it was partially living, as if it was part Majin

Elsewhere Prestina fought against the Frieza drone, struggling to hold her own but taking advantage of its large and slow moving body

Suddenly, a powerful red beam shot from the sidelines, poking a hole into the Frieza drone. Just as the drone turned towards the direction the beam was fired, several beams shot out within the span of two seconds, tearing it apart like a piece of paper to a bullet storm. Once the assault stopped a final beam was launched that pierced the core itself, blowing up the drone from the inside-out

"Is that what I look like in the form? How revolting." A familiar and sinister voice said in the distance

Prestina turned to see Frieza, in his Final form. He had his arms behind his back, and a frown on his face. Though she couldn't recognize him she was frozen by the faintly evil and overpowering aura he emitted, able to resist the effects of the restrictive waves through sheer force of will

"I never expected to find you here. You're that girl who was released along with Majin Buu are you not?" Frieza questioned as he looked at Prestina with a startled expression

"Y-yes, my name is Prestina." She answered as Frieza looked over to see Chocolata and Burter coming forward

"And that must be a relative." Frieza assumed as Ginyu, Jeice, Recoome and Guldo came forward. But more importantly, Goten, Kid Trunks...and Future Trunks

"Oh, and it's the Super Saiyan that killed me off all those years ago. And your...self? I won't even bother." Frieza sighed as he waved the two off. During the major battles that were shown in Otherworld, it was suggested that the purple haired people were Vegeta's offspring, but Frieza never bothered with such details until now

The Ginyu force stood behind Frieza, while everyone else stood in front of him

"What do you want Frieza!" Future Trunks demanded Kid Trunks looked surprised

"That's Frieza? I thought he would be scar-" Kid Trunks said as he pointed at Frieza. However, Goten bumped his elbow into him, shutting him up. Even he knew that pointing was rude

But in that instant the former emperor gave the two a frightening glare, sending chills up their spines. His sharp red eyes were calm, yet malicious and furious at the same time. A deep seeded hatred was being supremely suppressed, and all that he allowed to show was his natural cruel and calculating self, the true Lord Frieza in the flesh

"It just so happened that I don't really have much to do. After I was revived so unexpectedly I made short work of some cheap lookalikes before I found my posse. I also see that the blasted Goku isn't around." Frieza mentioned as he looked to his left and right

"If you want to fight...I'll kill you" Future Trunks huffed as he motioned his fist, lacking the sword he used to cut Frieza with

"In that state? You wouldn't dream of it." Frieza laughed mockingly. Big words coming from a worn and torn Super Saiyan. "However, I do know that you're under powered. So I come with a proposal." Frieza said as he motioned towards Ginyu force

"I join your little rag tag group of heroes." Frieza offered as the others looked shocked, except Future Trunks. He had a feeling that he knew where this was going

"And what's in it for you?"

"That I live to see another day of course. With my dear brother controlling his empire I wouldn't take it past him that he's decided to take advantage of my absence. I simply want to take back what is rightfully mine." He explained

Trunks knew what the real reason was. He wanted to have a true chance at killing Goku. He might not do it now, but he surely will do it at some point. But Trunks couldn't pass the offer either, in fact from a strategic point it was stupid to pass the offer. He was hurt, leading the next strongest people to be Prestina and Chocolata. But Frieza was also strong, much stronger than he was before

If he declines, there's no telling what would happen, and Trunks didn't like the odds

After couple of seconds the Hybrid Saiyan took a deep and audible breath

"...Fine, you can join. But we aren't going to turn our backs on you." He warned as Frieza chuckled

"I would be disappointed if you did." Frieza mocked as Bulma's ship neared, with the dome opened

Frieza went inside the ship first, followed by the Ginyu force, and then the rest of the group

Bulma looked over to see Frieza enter her ship, and a small bead of sweat dropped. She assumed that with the guys standing still with him they were coming to some sort of agreement, but she knew better than to take her eye off of him

But she perked up as she saw Future Trunks, alive for the most part. She ran to her son from the future and bear hugged him, believing him gone for good

"Oh Trunks you're back! I thought I wouldn't ever see you again!" Bulma said as she hugged Future Trunks tightly, a little too much

"Ow, mom, that hurts." He pleaded to Bulma as she let go of him and walked away towards the console

"At least you're back. Here, I packed you something." She said as she pressed a button on the console. Suddenly, a panel on the floor opened and a small closet appeared before the side of the console

At the bottom left there was a large metal box that contained a few copies of Vegeta's latex clothing, beside that a metal box full of different boots of different sizes. Above that was a small metal box with a bunch of Vegeta's gloves, as well as a few of those weighted armbands that Goku wore. Beside that there was Goku's gi neatly folded in place, plus a few on top, two being a couple of sizes smaller than Goku's. At the top left there was a box that held a couple of armor pieces similar to Vegeta's, and beside that a small plastic box filled with Senzu Pills. At the side there was a small hanger line that only had Future Trunks' exact outfit that he always wears, and beside that there was Kid Trunks' gi. On the same hanger line, however, there were two sheaths, and in them were two spares of Future Trunks' sword. Beside that hung Yamcha's old sword for some odd reason

Bulma walked over to the armory and grabbed one of the spare swords. She then unhooked it and tossed it to her son. However once she tossed it, Frieza intercepted it with his tail, equipping the memorable weapon for himself

Everyone seemed to hold their breath as Frieza unsheathed the sword with his right arm and inspected the blade closely. He even swung the sword at the air a few times before chuckling to himself, finally answering an old question of his

"So it really is all in the wielder. I guess that solves how you were able to defeat me." Frieza said casually as he sheathed the sword again and used his tail to toss it back to Future Trunks, who sighed along with everyone

Bulma then grabbed the box and reached for a handful of Senzu pills. She walked around and gave one pill to each and everybody. First to every Ginyu force member, who each held the pill in their hands with confused expressions. And finally to Frieza as he looked at the pill oddly

"It's a Senzu pill. When you take it, it will restore you to 100%." Bulma said as she walked over to everyone else and gave them their pills, each pocketing the small pills

However, Future Trunks received one more and swallowed it. Soon his injuries faded away, and his power grew noticeably too, or at least as much as the restrictive waves allowed

"Interesting. Ginyu, I can't hold the pill, so you shall hold it." Frieza said as he tossed the small green pill to Ginyu, who caught it

"Yes lord Frieza." He responded as he pocketed the two pills on his hand in a hidden pocket in his armor. Seeing their commander and emperor accept the pills, the rest of the force pocketed their pills into hidden spaces in their armor as well

Bulma walked over to the small box and dropped the rest of the pills inside, before walking over to the console and pressing a button that hid the armory once more

"Alright then, next stop is Vegeta and 17." Bulma said as she pressed a few buttons on the console and sat in her chair. The glass dome closed and the ship began to move towards it's next target


Cell fought his future counterpart with ease as he dodged and avoided all of his attacks. He even showed off his techniques, like the bending Special Beam Canon, the War Machine form, and a powerful green shield that trapped Future Cell and melted his body a little before exploding. In other words, Cell was easily dominating the battle, and his counterpart was livid

Future Cell huffed heavily as he forced his arm to regenerate once more. Unlike his present self, he wasn't used to pain at all, nor has he trained his body to the extent that present Cell had. In fact, he never trained at all in Otherworld. While he did see people like Frieza, the Ginyu force and all of the dead Saiyans train, he never decided to try. Seeing himself now...that was a big mistake

"How...HOW!!!" He yelled as he dashed after Cell once more. Cell spun to avoid the blow and effortlessly kicked him away with the same motion of the spin

"You really are pathetic. You had all the power in the world once. And then you wasted it all. Now here you are, a mere relic of what once was." Cell said as he slowly floated towards Future Cell, who struggled to recover. As he did so his body reverted from his War Machine form back to his Perfect form. His counterpart had plenty of cuts and marks all over him, and his crown was broken too to show the extent of the beatdown

"Why?! Why don't you spare me?! We can take over this filthy planet!! We can rule the galaxy!!" Future Cell yelled desperately before Cell pierced his fist through his counterpart's stomach and left it there

"I know for a fact that you don't truly include me in those plans. Even so...you have such an utterly short minded goal that it's laughable. It's that damned mindset that lead to my suffering." Cell said as his future counterpart looked surprised. "It's because of your complete and utter FAILURE of such a simple goal that lead to my tortured life. Your little mark on this world is what caused my life of pain and misery. I don't hate you...I detest you with every fiber of my being." Cell said menacingly and hatefully as his hand began to glow a dark red color. Cell smirked as he continued

"But all is in the past now. It's your failure that lead to my astounding success. Now rest easy, Cell, because you're just a memory lost to history." Cell said as the dark red glow in his right fist began to spread and color future Cell's body

"No! No no NO!! This cannot be happening!!" Future Cell yelled as he attempted to fly away, squirming sadly as his body slowly became more red

Soon Future Cell's whole body glowed a dark red color and after a few seconds he stopped moving as his body dispersed like dust against the wind. Every cell in his body melted away slowly and painfully, not leaving a single trace. Before long, Future Cell was gone. Every last cell of his was burned away in a display of utter hatred and satisfaction

Cell sighed to himself and stood still for a moment, processing the moment he just experienced. He was finally able to have his revenge an another one of his most hated enemies. It was that Cell that ruined his life as well, creating such a lasting impact in his rampage that labeled him as a monster by proxy. Had he never shown his face, had Vegeta and the twins never tortured him...his life would've been far different

Cell sighed to himself, releasing his clenched fist that exposed his clear anger before finally flying to meet 21 again. He found his was inside of the building and flew around, eventually finding the room in which everyone was in

The group looked over to see Cell, who was as calm and nonchalant as ever, completely ignoring the massive fight he just had against...himself. Still, if it wasn't worth mentioning then it wasn't worth asking either, at least not to some

"Did you shut of the machine 21?" He asked 21 as she nodded

"I finished some time ago. But I didn't want to interrupt your battle." She said with a smile. She heard from Turles and Zangya that he wanted to take care of the threat alone, so she simply stayed where she was

"Thank you 21. But we should get a move on now, there's plenty more to do." He said as he smiled as well, it was really infectious

He then walked out the hallway and simply shot a powerful ki blast that created a very large hole through every roof of the building

Cell and the group then flew out and eft for the next Machine, with 14 as their guide

"Anything you want to tell us about that fight Cell?" Turles asked, now curious that Cell practically ignored it

"Nothing at all, just settling another score of mine."


Bulma and the group in the ship quickly flew towards Vegeta and 17's location, and soon arrived to see the two fighting a group of eight drones on the outskirts of an island. Alongside them there was also a hulking figure near the two, a bald man that was very badly damaged, but seemed to be enjoying himself quite well

"Yeah ha ha!! Now this is a real fight!!" The man yelled as he quickly charged forward at one of the drones. The robot Nappa blocked the attack and attempted to counterattack only for the Saiyan Nappa to quickly move to the side and kick the drone, which caused it to stumble

"Get it together Nappa! This is no place for playing around!!" Vegeta bickered as he was forced to defend himself from three of the drones

"But this is fun, especially since these things can't kill us." 17 argued as one drone punched his face which, as he said himself, didn't kill him. But it did really really hurt, and made him stumble a little as two more drones tried to capitalize on the moment of weakness

Suddenly a shower of red beams flew towards all of the drones, each one missing the men on defense while hitting the drones and tearing through them quite easily. One at a time the drones exploded as the beams managed to blow up their cores, and soon they three were left with no enemies

Everyone around looked confused, until they saw Frieza floating towards them with his hands behind his back, and behind him were the Ginyu Force

"F-Frieza?!" Vegeta exclaimed as he looked a little shocked, and Nappa quickly bowed in respect

"Yes Vegeta, it is I. Oh how I missed my favorite pawn!" Frieza replied as Ginyu and his force landed a few feet behind Frieza. Future Trunks, Kid Trunks, Goten, Prestina and Chocolata landed right next to Vegeta

"Who is he?" Goten asked as he looked at Nappa

"D'aw Vegeta!! You never told them about me?! Now that's just rough. I was your babysitter for so long." Nappa said as Vegeta scoffed in annoyance. Nappa stomped over towards Goten and Kid Trunks enthusiastically

"The name's Nappa, I used to be your daddy's babysitter for ALLLLLL his life. Till I died."

"But...didn't father kill you himself?" Future Trunks asked as he remembered seeing an image of Nappa being blown up, which came from his fusion with Vegeta

"Yep, fixed me right up. I landed in hell with the best back I've ever had in years!" Nappa exclaimed with a large grin. He also stretched a little to show off that his back was nice and fixed

"G-Good to know." Future Trunks stuttered. He thought that with his father killing Nappa in such a way he would be very mad...guess not

"He really is still just as father remembered him. Stubborn, and very ignorant." He thought as Nappa continued to do back stretches

Vegeta stared at Frieza with an old hatred as the emperor looked back happily

"So. What do you want now Frieza?" Vegeta questioned impatiently

"Why so serious? We only just meet after SO long of not seeing each other, I thought that you would be happy to see your former Emperor once more." Frieza mocked as Vegeta growled

"Get to the point." He said as Frieza smirked and closed his eyes in defeat

"Very well then. Your little group seemed to be having trouble with a few simple drones. So we formed an alliance, I bring in my forces to assist, and I get to return to my empire once all is said and done." Frieza said as Vegeta laughed bitterly

"This has to be a joke. You and me? Alliance? Never in a thousand years." Vegeta said as Prestina piped up

"Um, actually it's true. He's helping us." She said as Vegeta growled

He still didn't like the bastard, in any sense of the word. Countless memories of his past life bombarded him, filling his heart with a mix of dread and anger. Even with all the years he spent releasing his pent up aggression in secret, seeing that monster in person filled him with such rage that he could barely keep himself contained

"Hmph." Vegeta huffed as Frieza chuckled, still as bitter as he remembered

With that settled the group made their way back to the ship, and upon entering Bulma sighed a breathe of relief

"Thank Kami you're okay." She sighed as the couple hugged each other, albeit a bit reluctantly on Vegeta part

"I'm alright. It's the others that we should focus on. Once we regroup we can strike back at Cell for what he's done."

"Ah yes, and with what power? If the big screen in hell was right, he's become far more powerful than even your combined states." Frieza wondered, making Vegeta angry

"That doesn't matter. Couldn't have recovered that quickly without any Senzu Pills or Beans, which I doubt he bothered taking." Future Trunks added

"If we strike now before he has the chance to recover, we can put an end him and his allies." Vegeta declared

"But is Cell really the type to have henchmen?" Future Trunks thought, remembering the drones that they've fought for so long. They haven't seen or heard anything from him either, so he must be planning something or taking a rest somewhere

"Good, then we should hurry up." Bulma stated as she manned the console again, but was interrupted

"Er, actually I'd like to say something." Nappa stated, which confused everyone

"I'd er, like to say sorry for trying to blow up the planet when I was here. Just wanted to get that out of the way since I never had the chance...and now that you're Vegeta's mate and all." Nappa apologized as best he could. Sure he was cruel and brutal and evil, but the Earthlings were Vegeta's friends now, so he had to break the ice a bit before anything

"And we the Ginyu Force would like repent our past actions to our new comrades and move forward with our united goal." Captain Ginyu declared as well, bowing in honor as his team followed along

"That's um...thanks, I appreciate it." Bulma responded awkwardly. To think that their past enemies would ever say sorry

"Hmph, I'm not apologizing for anything." Frieza established


16 finally managed to deactivate the machine. It took a lot of time, mainly because he was a unfamiliar with 21's coding and firewall. However he was able to crack the code and shut down the machine once and for all, leaving only two more

But instead of going after the next, he decided to take advantage of his position, walking into the room that held 21's main computer and breached into it

He began to read on everything that the computer held, beginning with her diary entries, and ending with the files that the RR sent her for research

16 was able to read each entry and noted how 21's personality changed over the dates. It began with her marriage with Dr. Gero, and continued with topics such as arguments, their divorce, Gebo's death, and eventually her appointment as the RR leader, as well as her conversion into an Android

At first it seemed as if she was unwilling to become the leader, and she was constantly fighting with the more radical members of the RR all the time. She eventually left the position of leader and gave it to a close friend of her's by the name of 'Yashin'

But things changed once she inserted a new source of DNA into herself, as her new body allowed her to do. Her diary almost took an immediate turn in moods as the entries became more and more hate-filled over time. Eventually more and more thoughts appeared that related to sugar and in her most recent entry it only had to do with chocolate sweets. It also acknowledged her impatience towards her plan, and it went into strange detail as it fantasized turning people into candy in much the same way Majin Buu has been recorded turning people into candy

Once 16 finished, he breezed through the files of the RR. It mostly contained archived work, such as the schematics of the old tanks, weaponry, and Android 8

Yet when 16 finally reached the more important section he saw what seemed to be reports about 16, 17, 18, and Cell. Although they are very detailed, the reports clearly didn't have true data over the Androids that Gero has kept hidden

There were also old and reworked schematics for Androids 13, 14 and 15, and it also revealed a hidden feature that surprised 16. There were also a few new files, such as the machines that were currently in use, as well as their specific locations. It also had information on the soul transplant system, and the file delved deeper into it's power, potential effects, and other minor details, non of which were new by this point

But what interested 16 the most were the two files on Android 21. The first was a detailed report on 21's first surgery, and how it was an attempt to copy Gero's efforts on creating a human cyborg, which was a partial success

The second, however, was a file on the modification of 21's body, which featured a replication of the DNA that was collected and marked as Majin DNA, as well as updates to her power output systems

"Interesting..." 16 mused as he found the file that detailed the Majin sample of DNA

After reading it, 16 was even more worried about 21 than ever. He also read the file on the drones, and how the sample was used for the model copies of Majin Buu, and the effect that it took on the drones

"This can't be good." 16 panicked as he rushed out the door and out of the hideout

"I must warn them before it is too late." 16 said as he closed the doors to the hideout and flew after the energy signature of 21